Buffalo community members picking out produce at the UB Veggie Van.

FOR THE FUTURE OF
COMMUNITY IMPACT

Everywhere you look around Buffalo, UB is there, working with forward-thinking problem-solvers to make our community a better, healthier place to live.

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Whether addressing food and nutrition insecurity or providing health care in underserved communities, reaching out, opening doors and using our power for good has been—and always will be—part of our DNA.

Veggie Van

School of Public Health and Health Professions

Accessibility to fresh, affordable produce options can make food insecurity even more difficult to navigate, which has inspired the UB Veggie Van initiative. Veggie Van is a research-based model of technical assistance, advocacy and networking to build mobile markets in communities across the country to improve health outcomes for people with lower incomes in rural and urban areas.

Closing the Gap in Dental Health
8/10/23
Dental care continues to lie just out of reach for some communities, with roughly 77 million people in the US without dental insurance, including older adults and people with disabilities. Practitioners don't always have to serve all populations, which is why we're boldly training UB students to serve all communities.

Impact by the numbers

1,000

Additional dental visits to underserved populations thanks to UB’s second Smiles for Miles Dental Van.

Increasing Access to Dental Care

Hopeful

A stronger community and a brighter tomorrow starts with us. From inspiring greater acceptance and tolerance to reimaging the ways our towns and cities are designed to fit the moment. The good news? The possibilities are endless—and constantly at the forefront of UB’s brightest minds.

UB Architecture and Planning students help repair an attic as sunlight pours in from the roof.

Creating Cities for All

School of Architecture and Planning

Some 278 million people in the U.S. now live in urban areas . A new center at UB, made possible through the Boldly Buffalo campaign, will address the complex web of problems associated with rapid urbanization. Through innovative thinking and conversation, faculty and students across disciplines will collaborate on the role of design in the complex process of city making. The goal? To enable beautiful, just and resilient spaces.

Explore the Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence

Bullying and Violence Prevention
7/30/24
The pain of bullying can last a lifetime for children, with hopelessness and powerlessness giving way to depression. Understanding why and how to prevent it and other forms of school violence is the purpose of a UB research center, established during the Boldly Buffalo campaign.

FOR THE FUTURE OF
COMMUNITY IMPACT

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